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At least five bank vault robberies have occurred in Germany in two months
In the German town of Stuhr, near Bremen, a Volksbank branch was robbed after 14 safe deposit boxes were broken into. This is at least the fifth such incident in the country in the last two months, following a series of daring attacks on bank vaults in December and January.
The Czech "shell initiative" delivered approximately 4.4 million large-calibre ammunition rounds to Ukraine.
Czech President Petr Pavel said that attempts at corruption were recorded during the implementation of the Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, but no significant violations or evidence of non-transparent procurement were found.
Petreus: Without tougher US sanctions, Russia will not engage in serious negotiations, and guarantees for Ukraine must be rock solid
Former CIA Director David Petraeus said that real progress in negotiations to end the war is only possible if the US and EU exert much stronger economic pressure on Russia, primarily by restricting the Kremlin's oil revenues.
Defence forces struck a communications hub and UAV control centre in TOT, and an oil refinery caught fire in Kuban.
Ukrainian military forces struck a number of Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied territories, hitting areas where personnel were concentrated, a communications hub, and a drone control centre. Meanwhile, a fire was reported at an oil refinery in the Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation.
Russia launched a massive attack on Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Sumy regions: there are dead and wounded, and the energy infrastructure has been destroyed.
On the night of 17 February, Russian troops launched combined strikes on several regions of Ukraine, using missiles, drones, guided aerial bombs and artillery. The Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Sumy regions came under fire, resulting in casualties and injuries.
Avalanche hits railway line in Switzerland: passenger train derails, casualties reported
In the canton of Valais in south-western Switzerland, an avalanche caused a passenger train to derail. According to preliminary data, five people were injured and traffic on the section has been temporarily suspended.
Partisans recorded hundreds of Russian military vehicles at a repair base near Dzhankoy
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, agents of the ATESH movement discovered a large concentration of Russian military equipment at a repair base near Dzhankoy. According to their information, the facility is actively operating as a logistics and repair centre, and the information has already been passed on to the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
Armenia has guaranteed that it will not extradite to Russia individuals who are being persecuted for political reasons.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan stated that the country will not detain or deport any Russian citizens who are being persecuted for their political beliefs at Moscow's request.
After Munich, Zelensky announced new support packages, with missiles for air defence remaining a priority
Following his participation in the Munich Security Conference, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would receive new support packages from its partners, primarily missiles for air defence and protection against ballistic strikes.
MP Getmantsev publicly reprimanded ESBU Director Tsyvinsky: the time for PR is over, it's time to get to work
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Tax Committee, Danylo Getmantsev, publicly called on ESBU Director Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi to finally get down to work instead of giving interviews and coming up with fantastical ideas.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained Russian agents who blew up a van near the special services building in central Kyiv.
Within 24 hours of the terrorist attack on one of the capital's central streets, law enforcement officers exposed and detained two Russian agents involved in the bombing of a car near an SSU facility.
In the Bryansk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation, there have been interruptions in heat and electricity supply following UAV attacks and missile strikes.
After massive air strikes in Russia's border regions, dozens of settlements were left without electricity and heating, and emergency services are working around the clock.